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Originally Posted by Trippin2.0
Yes and no.
Yes I'm saying you shouldn't have to go through such lengths to hide it that you burn every bridge before its even properly erected.
But no, I don't mean you should go shouting it from the roof tops before you even properly introduce yourself.
Potential partners should know your last name before your acronyms, if you catch my drift.
My point was this, if you're exhausting all your mental energy on hiding your demons you have none left to actually sustain any kind of relationship or friendship.
Then these connections get burned to the ground and not because you have mental health problems, but mostly because nobody knows you're trying to hide them.
Idk if im being clear, my brain is full and foggy all at once, going thru my own bipolar swamp at the moment.
Sorry if my input wasn't helpful.
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No, I get what you're saying now. I don't tell partners, until I realize I cannot hold it in any longer. Like when I start realizing they are developing feelings for me. I absolutely cannot handle that. I don't know how to tell them while securing assurance that they won't run for the hills. It feels great when they start catching feelings and I do, too. But then when the dust settles I realize, ****, they are going to find out sooner or later, so I should man up and tell them. And then the war in my head begins, for lack of better words.
Anyone experience this? A kind of "bless your soul girl, for you know not what you're getting yourself into"... when the dating partner begins catching feelings? It's like part of you wants it and is exhilirated. The other part of you feels dread and pity for them.
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